fastidious
very attentive to detail and hard to please
Word origin: From Latin fastidium, loathing or squeamishness.
Fastidious in a sentence
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The fastidious editor flagged even the smallest inconsistency in punctuation.
Her fastidious editing caught inconsistencies that three earlier readers had overlooked.
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Critics complained that the documentary's narration was relentlessly blank, hammering home its single thesis so often that viewers felt lectured rather than informed.
Using “fastidious” well
Fastidious blends meticulous attention to detail with being difficult to satisfy. The tone can be admiring, as of careful work, or critical, as of fussiness.
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